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Speece, Deborah L. – Remedial and Special Education, 2015
In this essay, I reflect on my experiences and lessons learned while serving as Commissioner of the National Center for Special Education Research, Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. Department of Education. Although I was in the grant writing business for my nearly 30 years as a professor of special education, I learned that I knew very little…
Descriptors: Special Education, Educational Research, Educational Finance, Grantsmanship
Baum, Sandy; McPherson, Michael S. – Chronicle of Higher Education, 2009
President Obama's 2010 budget proposals include exciting news for those concerned with increasing educational opportunities. The urgency of the economic crisis and the clear commitment of the administration and Congress to make college more affordable provide the perfect opportunity for those in higher education to update their approach to…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Educational Opportunities, Student Financial Aid, Grants
Barro, Stephen M. – 1983
Partly because of the rise of block grants, federal distribution mechanisms raise the issues of federal control and distributional equity in elementary-secondary grant programs. Data--drawn from such major programs as aid for education of the disadvantaged, aid for education of the handicapped, vocational education, and bilingual education--were…
Descriptors: Educational Equity (Finance), Elementary Secondary Education, Equalization Aid, Federal Aid